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…our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ (1 John 1:3). Ask many people, “Why did Jesus come?” They’ll mostly answer, “He came to save us from sin,” or “He came to destroy the works of the devil.” But Jesus came to do much more than “save” us from sin, and destroy the works of the devil; all that was a means to an end. He came for a much higher purpose.

The gospel of Jesus Christ is a gospel of substition. The Lord Jesus took your place that you might take His place. He became the embodiment of sin so that you might be made righteous (2 Corinthians 5:21). He took upon Himself your sickness, disease and infirmity that you might be healthy and strong (1 Peter 2:24). 2 Corinthians 8:9 tells that He became poor, so that you, through His poverty, might be made rich. You've got to believe this because it's all in the same transaction. The Lord Jesus, according to the gospel principle of substitution, was made poor so that you might be made rich. There are those who argue that His becoming "poor" was spiritual, but that doesn't measure up. At no time did the Lord Jesus ever become poor spiritually, for He was the Son of God. In shedding His glory and condescending to this earthly realm, He became poor to successfully trans-late us into His realm of wealth. That's why as a Christian, you're not the rich d